Celtic Cup: Ulster A 28 Leinster A 43

Friday 7th September 2018. James Hume crosses for Ulster As opening score at Malone RFC

Ulster A crashed to a 28 – 43 defeat to Leinster A in the opening round of the Celtic Cup at Malone RFC on Friday evening.

The Ulster A tries came from James Hume (2), Matthew Rea and Aaron Sexton with johnny McPhillips adding 4 conversions but despite getting a try bonus it has to be regarded as a disappointing result for the Ulster side given the comparative experience of the two sides.

The Leinster A tries came from Harry Byrne, Scot Penny, Conor O’Brien, Ronan Kelleher, Michael Silvester and Dan Sheehan. Byrne completed the scoring for the visitors adding five conversions and a penalty.

Ulster A

Leinster A

Peter Nelson

15

Hugo Keenan

Aaron Sexton

14

Michael Silvester

Jack Owens

13

Conor O’Brien

James Hume

12

Tom Daly (c)

Iwan Hughes

11

Jack Kelly

Johnny McPhillips

10

Harry Byrne

Jonny Stewart

9

Paddy Patterson

Schalk vd Merwe

1

Ed Byrne

Peter Cromie

2

Ronan Kelleher

Rodney Ah You

3

Vakh Abdaladze

Peter Browne

4

Ross Molony

Alex Thompson

5

Jack Dunne

Caleb Montgomery

6

Oisín Dowling

Chris Henry (c)

7

Scott Penny

Greg Jones

8

Caelan Doris

Paul McGookin

16

Dan Sheehan

Peter Cooper

17

Giuseppe Coyne

Michael Cromie

18

Jack Aungier

Matthew Rea

19

Ronan Foley

Marcus Rea

20

Ronan Watters

Graham Curtis

21

Hugh O’Sullivan

Brice Houston

22

David Hawkshaw

Michael Stronge

23

Liam Turner

The results from all the games in the Celtic Cup were as follows.

Fri 07 Sep 2018

17:00

Ulster

28 – 43

Leinster

Malone RFC

Fri 07 Sep 2018

17:30

Munster

24 – 16

Connacht

Irish Independent

Fri 07 Sep 2018

19:00

Ospreys

21 – 37

Scarlets

Bridgend RFC

Fri 07 Sep 2018

19:15

Dragons

41 – 36

Cardiff

Rodney Parade

This gives current standings in the Irish and Welsh Conferences as follows.